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October 30, 2011

Lights Out - The Dark

In the Lights Out episode "The Dark", two men enter a room in which they find a terrifying new kind of darkness..

As the episode opens, a doctor and a policeman are driving through the country in response to a request for help.

When they arrive at their destination, they find an empty house. At first, they think the call may have been a false alarm, but when they enter, they find a hysterical woman.

The doctor is certain that the injured person must be in the other room, and when they break down the door, they find a man...turned inside out...and a creeping black mist...

The Lights Out episode of"The Dark" aired on December 29, 1937, but the original recording is lost. Below is a short episode that was recreated for the 1962 Arch Oboler album Drop Dead! It runs a little over eight minutes, much shorter than the original half-hour show.

Hi Daniel, I did this post a while ago, but as I recall, the 1962 version is often passed off as the 1937 version. According to episode logs for Lights Out, the 1937 episode is not available. http://otrsite.com/logs/logl1003.htm
So, that is what I am going by. I haven't been able to find a copy of the original 1937 version.
Thanks, Christine

Hi Christine. You're right, my mistake. The sound of the version of "the Dark" that I have is so poor that I really thought that was the original one, but after listening carefully both versions, it's the same recording, but the one you post on youtube sound SO much better, almost too much better...hehe. Is it possible that the original one featured Boris Karloff? I think that there was a sort of special program with Chicken heart, The Dream and The Dark which was all featuring him.